Saddleworth is a civil parish of the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham in Greater Manchester, England. It comprises several villages and hamlets amongst the west side of the Pennine hills including Delph, Diggle, Dobcross, Greenfield, Lydgate, Scouthead, Springhead and Uppermill. Saddleworth, which lies east of the large town of Oldham and 11 miles east-northeast of the city of Manchester, is broadly rural, has a scattered population of 24,351, making it one of the larger civil parishes in the United Kingdom.